Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:47:03 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disappointment with wifi... Message-ID: <b9e2a29620525ede68244a8a292ee106@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <20160729151114.GH4313@blisses.org> References: <20160729151114.GH4313@blisses.org>
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:11:14 -0400 Mason Loring Bliss <mason@blisses.org> wrote > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 06:05:46PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > FreeBSD wireless progresses at the rate at which people pay for FreeBSD! > > You should let your vendor know about your problem! > > That's what I'm doing now! :P > > > > $ ifconfig -v wlan0 list sta > > $ ifconfig -v wlan0 > > $ ifconfig -v wlan0 list scan > > Alright. I'm attaching these. The signal strength is pretty weak despite my > being somewhat close to the WAP. (Which is, FWIW, a node in a small Unifi > zero- handoff network.) That said, I manage solid connection with this laptop > in the same spot running Linux, and with MacBooks. > > I'll happily supply more diagnostic information, as needed. > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 01:17:07AM -0400, Allan Jude wrote: > > > I have a T530, it has the same 6205 wifi chip, and it works fine. > > Same here running Linux. It's only problematic with FreeBSD driving the > hardware. I'd very much like FreeBSD to be driving this unproblematically. > > > > I have sometimes had better luck by disabling ht20 (ifconfig wlan0 > > -ht20), but I don't recall the last time I had to do that. > > This was briefly hopeful. I set that in rc.conf and rebooted, and I got a > quick, solid connection. But then through several subsequent reboots my wifi > light is flashing and connectivity is sporadic at best, with the same > messages piling into the console. Just a thought. But have you introduced any new hardware in the vicinity? I'm thinking there may be some additional interference that's possibly causing the weak signal strength. Just a possibility I thought worth mentioning, in case it saves some (otherwise) needless diagnostic(s). --Chris
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